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Genus "Candidatus Spencerbrownia"
Name: "Candidatus Spencerbrownia" corrig. Gruwell et al. 2010
Etymology: Spen.cer.brow’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Spencerbrownia, named after Spencer W. Brown, who was a pioneer of scale insect cytogenetics
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Spencerbrowni-), spen-ker-BROW-ni-a
Type species: "Candidatus Spencerbrownia rhizoecinicola" corrig. Gruwell et al. 2010
Effective publication:
Gruwell ME, Hardy NB, Gullan PJ, Dittmar K. Evolutionary relationships among primary endosymbionts of the mealybug subfamily phenacoccinae (hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:7521-7525. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010.
Publication:
Gruwell ME, Hardy NB, Gullan PJ, Dittmar K. Evolutionary relationships among primary endosymbionts of the mealybug subfamily phenacoccinae (hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:7521-7525. 🇺🇸
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Brownia" Gruwell et al. 2010.
Publication:
Gruwell ME, Hardy NB, Gullan PJ, Dittmar K. Evolutionary relationships among primary endosymbionts of the mealybug subfamily phenacoccinae (hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:7521-7525.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Spencerbrownia rhizoecinicola" corrig. Gruwell et al. 2010 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Betaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 21901
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